Return of the Dragon DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543018049
Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 21, 2002
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
Average Rating: 
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I saw this film when it was first released in the Philippines. My ship, the Francis Hammond of the US Navy, was in port in Manila and being a film lover, I wanted to experience a film the way the Philippinos did. A friend and I went to a theater and this film was playing. I was not an martial arts fan, but I knew martial arts films were very popular in the far east so we bought our tickets. Did I say popular?!!! The theatre was as large as a large theater in the US. The seating was made of ... Read More
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Sent by "Uncle" to rescue the young lady who owns a Cantonese restaurant
in Rome, Ah Lung Tang finds that he doesn't know the language
and some of the customs puzzle him,
like when he is picked off the street by an Italian girl.
There is a sub-theme of love between Ah Lung and the restaurant owner
that is never really developed.
Mostly the movie is about beating up gangsters who are trying to get the restaurant property.
Finally an American Kung Fu ( actually ... Read More
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I have seen this film numerous times since the 70's. This is the best video transfer that I've seen yet. This alone makes it worthwhile, if you are a fan of Bruce Lee. This is the Hong Kong version which I actually did see once in the US once many years ago and it was most likely on television. Anyway, to have the original Manadrin makes the dialogue work with the lip movements and is an excellent addition. I recommend watching it this way. One little thing missing is that when Bruce gets a bloody lip ... Read More
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I enjoyed this film a lot. Not much of a story,but not many martial arts films of that era had deep story lines. Great fighting scenes and lee is incredible as always. The fights against chuck norris and the hired thugs at the end are excellent. Not as good as enter the dragon,but a great film. Buy this film.
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After the success of "Fist of Fury," Bruce Lee believed he could make better films than the Hong Kong directors. As a result, he called the shots on "Way of the Dragon" (1972). In his third starring feature, director-writer Lee emphasizes humor and characterization. Bruce plays a resourceful martial artist named Tang Lung who arrives in Rome to protect his relatives from mobsters. The highpoint is a climactic battle between Bruce and Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum - perhaps Lee's most brutal fight ... Read More
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Bruce Lee wrote and directed Return of the Dragon, his third film, a mix of hard-edged kung fu and goofy humor. Once again he plays the country boy who travels to a foreign land, in this case Italy, where his restaurant-owning cousins face trouble from the local syndicate. Their strong-arm tactics have driven customers away and now threaten the family, but Lee refuses to buckle under their pressure and takes them on in a series of impressive confrontations. The film ends with a memorable showdown with world-champion karate artist Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum (though much of it is staged in a rather cheap studio set), a brutal, almost inhuman battle that revels in the intense punishment taken by the combatants. Norris is one of Lee's best opponents and a marvelous physical contrast: brawny and hairy, using power and blunt karate moves while lean, wiry Lee counters with speed, gymnastic prowess, and balletic grace. The mix of comedy and kung fu comes off as camp at times, but that's hardly the reason to see the film. When Lee gets into action, whether he's taking on a gang of knife-wielding thugs or dueling Norris to the death, he becomes the total focus. Originally titled The Way of the Dragon, this film was renamed in the wake of Enter the Dragon to cash in on that movie's popularity. --Sean Axmaker
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